Oratorio
Bay 2002 15.3 hh
Danehill - Mahrah
Distance won over: 1200 to 2000m.
Oratorio was a dual Gr.1 winner of the Eclipse and Irish Champion Stakes at 3 emulating Champion sires Sadler’s Wells and Giant’s Causeway. As a 2yo, Oratorio had already got a taste of top-level success in the Gr.1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere. By sire of sires Danehill. From the family of Champion sire Alydar. Defeated Motivator (twice), Alexander Goldrun, Azamour, Grey Swallow, Starcraft, Dubawi, Rakti etc. Look out for his first foals in 2007.
Fee for 2008: $27,500
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MR. PROSPECTOR line mares are particularly appealing for Oratorio, with Danehill having produced Group One winners such as Flying Spur, Rumplestiltskin, Regal Rose, Laisserfaire, Scintillation and Miss Danehill from Mr. Prospector line mares.
Australasian broodmare sires such as HUSSONET, RHYTHM, WOODMAN, STRAIGHT STRIKE, UMATILLA, GEIGER COUNTER, BELLOTTO, EL MOXIE, JADE ROBBERY, DISTORTED HUMOR, END SWEEP, INFLATE, VETTORI, THUNDER GULCH and SECRET SAVINGS are good candidates.
VAIN works well with Oratorio’s sire, Danehill. He and his sons have Gr.1 winners Stratum, Danelagh, Danglissa and Arlington Road with Vain through their dams. Vain also reverses the Nearco / Hyperion cross present in Vaguely Noble, damsire of Oratorio.
A desirable sex balanced duplication of Vaguely Noble (damsire of Oratorio) can be created with mares carrying his son, NOBLE BIJOU.
The BLUSHING GROOM line is appealing for Oratorio. He is in the dams’ pedigree of Danehill Gr. One winners Arena, Intercontinental, Banks Hill and North Light. Blushing Groom can be sourced in mares by QUEST FOR FAME, NOVERRE, FANTASTIC LIGHT, NASSIPOUR, ARAZI, URGENT REQUEST, REDDING, VISCOUNT and SPECTRUM.
Danehill’s Australian Group performers such as Elvstroem, Ha Ha, Catbird, Merlene, Redoute’s Choice, Danelagh, Mr. Murphy, King of Danes, Shovhog, Fairy King Prawn, Camarena, Danbird, Dashing Eagle, Dane Ripper, Danzero, Special Dane, Shovoff, Danelagh, Confer, Mannington, Springsteen and Platinum Scissors all have STAR KINGDOM through their dams. BLETCHINGLY, MARSCAY, LUSKIN STAR and CANNY LAD in particular have had great success with Danehill.
Danehill’s sire Danzig is from the family of ROCKEFELLA and Star Kingdom’s grandson, BLETCHINGLY, who appears in several of Danehill’s stakes winners including Redoute’s Choice, Jet Spur, Flying Babe, Special Dane and West Point.
New Zealand based sire SOVEREIGN EDITION, appears in the pedigrees of Danehill’s Group One winners Shovhog, Magic of Sydney, Dane Ripper and Daney Boy.
HALO line broodmares are great candidates for mating with Oratorio. A close relation to Northern Dancer and Danehill, he can be sourced via MORE THAN READY, DON’T SAY HALO, FUJI KISEKI, MORE THAN READY, IRGUN and SUNDAY SILENCE. VRC Australian Guineas winner Al Maher is by Danehill out of a Don’t Say Halo mare.
MACHIAVELLIAN is also from the family of Northern Dancer and Danehill. Mares by STREET CRY, EL MOXIE and VETTORI will suit.
Aureole on Oratorio’s fourth remove is a close relation of ROUND TABLE. Dam sires carrying this important ancestor include SIR TRISTRAM, POMPEII COURT and HAULPAK. TALE OF THE CAT is also from this line. Sir Tristram line mares have a favourable strike rate with Oratorio’s sire Danehill. Stakes winners Darci Brahma, Dane Ripper, Nothin’ Leica Dane, Blackfriars, Lucky Owners and Viking Ruler are prime examples.
